The Story of John

My dear sweet lover it has come to be. I'm counting my final days on earth, and I don't know if I'm ready to move on. My lungs have collapsed. I cannot stop vomiting. I am sick to my very core, and my heart is broken that I can no longer share these bright and beautiful days with you. If everything blooms in autumn, I wonder will I come to be in the same sense that was to see tomorrow. I believe in miracles, but none of that fancies me now, and I will come to be a void in your heart. If only you could see what I see, if only you could feel what I feel, then you would know the meaning of true pleasure. In some sense, it is derived from pain. *Cough* *Cough* *Cough* Be careful what you wish for, and make due the rest of the days of your life. For there is treachery amongst us, and it will soon come to pass. Follow your heart Felicity. Let the spirits take me on to the next life, and let them guide you through these awry times. For this is my last breath, I love you Felicity; take care of yourself. *female sobbing* I love you too, John.

In the midst of passion, there burns a fire fierce as light that has come to pass from a scorching sun. Our love remains eternal; and in her heart, she will not let go. There is a necklace I once gave her and in that pendant remains my spirit of which it truly belongs. At last, I have found peace from all of my sins, and I can be free as long as I am happy. Once I reached the River of Styx, Charon came to pass. Charon had the voice of an almighty god, and he was cloaked in a dark robe with his Scythe in his hand. He said, "foolish mortal, you have not yet come to pass. Neither has he whom seek passage earned the right to a burial. For there are foreboding circumstances looming in your castle. You have started a 4-way tie for your lover's heart. One of which has killed you, and they all have motive. Take for instance your brother William, he has long had feelings for Felicity, and she has shared mutual respects with him also. Indeed, there was a kindling romance before you decided to betroth her as such. There were times in the castle where your own brother would try and steal your lover from you, but that is not all. Your butler has been sneaking around with Felicity also, and he has even gone as far to drug some of her sweet wine while you were away. However, she would usually take these prescriptions without your consent, and no one knows how vile it has gotten. Not even the deathless Gods were permitted inside of such a dwelling. It had been cloaked with ancient Enochian sigils. There is also a handsome suitor who has come forward to take control of your castle seeing that you have not bred any children, and the castle is open to take for any handsome man who is willing to fight and beseech a cause. Lastly, there is another young fellow who is the hero of Thermopyle sent by the deathless Gods to take what is righteous in the eyes of the Lord. Skilled with a bow and arrow is he. Strong as a lion should he be if one comes to pass. Now, if you will solve this quest, I will grant you passage into the afterlife. Thereby, be gone. *Charon maniacally laughs.

Returning to the castle, I was a wet and slimy mess from the humidity in the air. It was very cold, but I could do anything to manipulate space and time. It would just take time for me to get use to it. As I entered the dining hall where the butler was setting the table, I believe he was already preparing another mixture; but as it had come to pass, Felicity was delighted with her butler; for this was the only way she could sleep a peaceful sleep without being disturbed. The butler has access to all kitchen storage and cleaning supplies. There was rat poison open in the pantry, but it was also sprinkled around the castle. So therefore, there was no conclusive evidence of his guilt.

As I went up the stairs, William passed me by as if he could still feel my presence, turning and looking shocked as to what have possibly could've have been so cold to touch his arm and scald. Indeed, his chamber doors were open, and this would give me the perfect opportunity to snoop around his bedroom looking for evidence to present Felicity. In his diary, there were extensive love poems were he had portrayed Felicity as his muse, but he also included pages where he had talked into explicit details of the love they shared before we were together. In the final monologue, he foretells of the treachery that he sought after within me and how he could not find a man so upright in stature to lead such a kingdom. "In due time, the revelations will unfold as I mourn the death of my brother." -William

Out in the garden, the young suitor stood brave and tall amongst his comrades. As the superior officer in his dad's army, he carried a rifle, a knife, and a platoon full of his own personal bodyguards. His father had sent him up before I fell ill. So, he could be a diplomat and make peace with our kingdom. Indeed, it is likely that the young suitor could've done such a thing. For his army had poisoned every knife blade, bullet, or arrowhead they could find. They were known as some of the fiercest warmongers in the land, but the trouble that would befall upon him would be devastating if his father realized he had done such a deed. For indeed, we had fought in an ancient war long ago against the brave Spartans of Sparta. In such case, you may witness the fall of the Greece Empire. There was still great folklore that had been circulated about the kingdom of Germany. So, it would all come to pass in such revelations.

The stairs were throng with visitors from all over Germany and Greece who had come to see the great hero of Thermopyle. Behold it is I, son of Zeus, who comes bearing gifts for the widowed lover of such a great king. The deathless gods have sent me from my expedition to ensure that the throne is mine. *the crowd cheers* "Tell us a story, " said the crowd. "In all my years of adventure, I have seen thousands of beasts far too unsightly for the likes of man to acquiesce. There was once a great serpent who lived in the forests of Odinwolf. Before I was sent to Thermopyle by the deathless gods, I stumbled across a six eyed serpent with two heads. He was as foul as a ogre, and he had the smell of death about him. As I stumbled across a cave unknowingly, there were hundred of bodies laid across the floor. It was raining. So, I chose that spot to lay my head to rest. I was then awaken by a hiss slithering out from the dark dwellings of the cave. It was bitch black at night, and my torch would not light. All I had was a piece of a mirror that I used to reflect the moonlight into the cave. The beast came leaping out of the darkness and with my bare hands. I separated the beast into two by ripping its head off right down the middle. As I fell down exhausted from the ensuing fight me and the beast had waged, the deathless gods urged me to keep some of it's venom. For it would go on to serve me well on my journies, and I still have some with me til this day."

After the events of the ensuing days unfolded, I grew impatient waiting on something to budge. My spirit wanted to leave this place, but I was still bound by Charon's promise and Felicity's necklace. Over the days, I tried to gather more and more evidence, but I only had motive try and convict. I had no real physical evidence due to the way my health just declined in a freak accident. Indeed, it was time to appear to Felicity and give her the news so that I may implicate her in on my plot to find the person responsible for my death. Felicity was intimate with each guest. So, maybe I could use that against them. I told Felicity that "I have been to the River of Styx, and Charon told me I could not pass because I had not received the proper right to a burial and solved the reason why I died. In my mind, I believe that my brother had his motives because he had always been in love with you since you were kids. I also believe the butler has motive because he has access to all of the kitchen cleaning supplies. The hero of Thermopyle has brought snake venom to my palace saying that the deathless gods promised him the throne upon my departure, and the young suitor has a knack for picking a fight and capitalizing on the enemies weakness with their poisonous spears, rifles, and arrows." Ohh, Felicity you must help me come to pass. I am stuck in this conundrum. Won't you find out who has killed me to set me free into the Afterlife? In Felicity's mind, she had just the proper test, but she was yet disclose such a riddle. Indeed, four days passed by, and Felicity would soon come to judge them all.

Day 1

Felicity called the young suitor up to her private chamber, and they began to make love. Felicity with her cunning ability stole one of his swords and scratched his back with it as if she had dug her nails into his back. Over the course of the next few days, Felicity would judge the young suitor as if he had made the concoction that killed her husband. In due time, his body shall tell.

Day 2

The next day Felicity called the hero of Thermopyle up to her bedroom, and he was anxious to be with her. For it had been a while since he had been with a woman on his adventures. Felicity had stolen some of his snake venom the day before, and she mixed it into a cup so that the hero could drink. The hero was the next to be judged by Felicity. So, that she could make due with her husband's timely departure.

Day 3

On the third day, Felicity called the butler up to her room, and she asked if he could bring her a piece of dessert from the kitchen as she took his chalice, ground up rat poison, and put it in his drink without him knowing and therefore monitoring his behavior for the likes of her master as she still remembered him dying slowly on the bed from some sort of poison.

Day 4

On the fourth day, Felicity called William up to her chamber and made due with their very untimely love. She gripped William fiercely has he stroked her body in and out; but as he was sleeping, she snuck over to his chamber and grabbed his ink pin from the room. William would take a few dabs of mercury, and put it in the pin to strengthen it's boldening effects, and the next morning she woke William up with a delightful glass of whiskey, seeing that William liked to drink whenever he can. So, she would watch him for the next few days.

CHOOSE YOUR OWN ENDING

William(Brother)

If William killed John, he did it out of lust and spite. He makes a mercury pen solution, and the symptoms of mercury poison are anxiety, depression, irritability, memory problems, numbness, pathological shyness, tremors, hearing and speech disabilities, lack of coordination, muscle weakness, nerve loss in hands and face, trouble walking, and vision changes. William would go on to die and the hero of Thermopyle and the young suitor would go to war for the kingdom, and John would go on to cross the River of Styx.

Butler

If the butler did it, he laced John with rat poisoning from the kitchen pantry, and the symptoms of rat poisoning are nosebleeds, bleeding gums, blood in urine, bloody diarrhea, shortness of breath, extreme fatigue, seizures, respiratory distress, heart attack, internal bleeding, liver failure, shock, coma, and death. He also betrayed the whole castle and raped Felicity once or twice while she was in a deep sleep from the medication she ordered him to put in her drink, and he would go on to succumb to the rat poison seeing that no one would help.

Felicity would be given the right to choose her next lawfully wedded husband between William, the hero of Thermopyle, and the young suitor. Meanwhile, Charon is pleased and he lets John cross the River of Styx.

The Hero of Thermopyle

If the hero of Thermopyle did it, he injected John with snake venom because the deathless gods told him so, and the symptoms are redness, swelling, bruising, bleeding, or blistering around the bite severe pain and tenderness at the site of the bite nausea, vomiting, or diarrhea labored breathing (in extreme cases, breathing may stop altogether), rapid heart rate, weak pulse, low blood pressure, disturbed vision metallic, mint or rubber taste in the mouth, increased salivation and sweating numbness or tingling around your face and/or limbs muscle twitching. As the hero of Thermopyle bore the will of Zeus, he would go on a quest to find the anti-venom and subjugate the castle just as the deathless gods said so, taking Queen Felicity as his lawfully wedded wife.

The Young Suitor

If the young suitor did it, the poison was unknown, and he most likely had the antidote. So, he would go on to live a young and healthy life at the expense of John's wife. After a while, he would come back to try and subjugate the palace and marry Felicity as one of his concubines, but his plan would be doomed seeing that the deathless gods were watching, and John would get his passage to the Afterlife.